Moby-Dick (TV Movie 1977) Poster

(1977 TV Movie)

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Sex & Nudity

Violence & Gore

  • Inside a bar, a man throws a barrel at another man who's holding his spear. Both of them fight each other with spears.
  • It is revealed a captain has lost his leg during his previous fight with Moby Dick.
  • A whale is harpooned, but makes a wave that causes a man to fall into water. The man is almost attacked by a shark. A man throws a spear at the shark, but misses, and throws a bag into the shark's mouth.
  • A rowing boat is destroyed by a ship. The people on the boat manages to jump into water before they could get hit.
  • During a bizarre dream sequence, a bird is shot to death and falls into water. Grave stones and crosses of glass rise up from the water. A ship crashes into a tree carrying an egg. The egg falls on the ground and explodes like a bomb.
  • A man is grabbed by a giant squid. Another man throws a spear at the squid.
  • A whale is harpooned and dies.
  • Several people are being shoot at by other people. A man is shot in the shoulder, but we see no blood. A man throws a barrel at a man who's gonna attack him with a sword.
  • Several people aim their rifles at some other people, but nothing bad happens.
  • An accident causes a man and the dead whale to fall into water. The man is almost attacked by a shark, but another man jumps into water to prevent a shark attack from happening.
  • A captain threatens to shoot another man with his rifle, as he briefly points the rifle at him and says "on deck, or be killed".
  • A man has a missing arm, after he had encountered Moby Dick.
  • A man is killed by Moby Dick, off-screen. Seconds later, his body is briefly seen on the body of the whale, along with spears.
  • Several people throw spears at Moby Dick, while several other people shoot at the whale.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Contains scenes of mild peril throughout.
  • Mild references to death, including a very brief sight of a dead man on Moby Dick's body. For a kids' made-for-TV animation.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • A man falls sick. He appears to be dying, but instead he later recovers.
  • A man is gone after an encounter with Moby Dick. He is later said to have been "caught in the tangle of his life".
  • ENDING SPOILER: Multiple people on rowing boats are attacked by Moby Dick. It is implied they might have been killed by the whale, as one man is briefly shown to have barely survived.

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